#regrets

I lay on the bed and shut my eyes, thinking that nobody really likes marriage, that it's a flawed arrangement, that people get enthusiastic and jump in for a hundred reasons and then, after the ceremony, after a few years, the whole deal turns into a concert they wouldn't have dreamed of attending. ↗

— Frederick Barthelme

#marriage #regrets #dreams

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors? ↗

— Émile Zola

#pessimism #regrets #zola #dreams

Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know. ↗

— Annette Bridges

#regrets #self-condemnation #self-esteem #life

I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#better #better person #i #learn #lessons

You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#better #fall #flip #had #i

I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#big #career #did #focus #i

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else. ↗

— David Talbot

#anything #doing #else #i #imagine

I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#regrets #wishes #imagination